Government

Protect Your Life: Stay Out, Stay Alive An entrance to an abandoned mine in the side of a rock formation. The tunnel leads to an underground coal mine. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Restoration of Abandoned Mine Sites…
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Microsoft Lives Their Worker Organizing Principles Microsoft put its organizing principles into action and embarked on a new collaborative approach to labor relations when it recognized its first union earlier this year.In…
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Expanding Protections for Millions of Workers to Pump at Work Since 2010, the Fair Labor Standards Act has provided covered employees with the right to pump breast milk at work as needed, in a private space, for up to one year…
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Department of Labor Establishes Final Rule that Promotes Equal Employment Opportunity The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) protects workers by making sure that companies doing…
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Finding Service after Service VETS Regional Veterans’ Employment Coordinators in Washington, D.C., January 2023Pictured from left to right: André Anderson, Atlanta Region RVEC; David Seay, Chicago Region RVEC; Eric Asmussen,…
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Examining 50 Years of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 – Section 504 Signed 50 years ago, the Rehabilitation Act was the first federal law to address civil rights for people with disabilities, and it had a profound impact.Section…
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Form LM-10 Revision: A New Tool for Workers in OLMS’ Toolbox The Office of Labor-Management Standards recently issued its Revision of the Form LM-10 Employer Report. With this revision, employers who are already required to…
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Promoting Mental Health-Friendly Workplaces — for Everyone Recently, I got to sit down and listen to families share their stories – families who had struggled and fought mightily to access the mental health care they and their…
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Why Whistleblowers Matter En español Whistleblowers report workplace conditions that they believe to be unsafe or illegal. They are courageous people who report what they have seen or experienced and are essential in protecting…
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'Oppenheimer' and America’s Nuclear Workers A worker at Hanford, Washington, where plutonium was produced for the first atomic bomb. Credit for all photos: U.S. Department of Energy The summer blockbuster “Oppenheimer,” which…
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